Company News: North America

News on transmission equipment and service providers from North America

• GE Research and Prolec GE to install world's first flexible transformer in Mississippi

  October 20, 2021
  Cooperative Energy has teamed up with GE Research and Prolec GE to develop and install the world's first flexible large power transformer at its major substation in Columbia, Mississippi. This substation is part of a service network that serves power to over half a million consumers in Mississippi.

• SB Energy inks 2 GWh iron flow battery agreement with ESS Inc

  October 4, 2021
  SB Energy, a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group, has inked a framework agreement with Oregon-based ESS Inc for the deployment of 2 GWh of iron electrolyte flow battery systems to complement solar power projects in Texas and California through 2026.

• Siemens Energy to provide STATCOMs to LS Power Grid California

  September 23, 2021
  Siemens Energy will provide four static synchronous compensators (STATCOM) for LS Power Grid California, LLC’s (LS Power) substation projects in California.

• TDI selects NKT as turnkey supplier for CHPE project, US

  September 22, 2021
  Transmission Developers Inc. (TDI) has entered into an exclusive preferred supplier agreement (PSA) with NKT for delivery of the power cable system for the Champlain Hudson Power Express (CHPE) project in the US.

• SYL Battery bags contract for BESS project in California [free access]

  September 22, 2021
  US independent power producer (IPP) Broad Reach Power has placed an order for battery energy storage system (BESS) equipment with Chinese company SYL Battery for a grid-scale project in California.

• Prysmian Group and Exelon partner for GETS pilot

  September 14, 2021
  Prysmian Group and Exelon have partnered to pilot a new grid-enhancing technology (GETS)—application of heat-dissipating E3X coating on existing power lines.

• Taihan Cable & Solution wins 275 kV transmission line project in Los Angeles, US

  September 8, 2021
  On September 8, 2021, South Korean company Taihan Cable & Solution announced that it had won a USD36 million power transmission project from an unidentified California utility company in the US.

• Paraguayan ANDE signs contract with SAS Paraguay for 220 kV repowering project

  September 6, 2021
  Paraguayan electric power utility, Administracion Nacional de Electricidad (ANDE), has signed a contract with local power company, Suministros Eléctricos (SAS) Paraguay SA, to supply materials for the repowering of the 220 kV Carayaó–San Estanislao transmission line.

• RWE signs BESS contracts with LG Energy Solution in US

  September 1, 2021
  One of the world's leading renewables companies, RWE, has signed contracts with LG Energy Solution to secure an integrated battery energy storage system (BESS) for two of the company’s upcoming solar plus storage projects in the US.

• Jan De Nul to install JDR inter-array cables at Massachusetts offshore wind farm

  August 19, 2021
  The Jan De Nul Group, together with JDR Cable Systems as a subcontractor, will supply and install inter-array cables for the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm in Massachusetts.

• Recurrent Energy signs deal with PSE&G for energy storage capacity

  August 10, 2021
  Recurrent Energy—a utility-scale solar and energy storage project developer—has recently signed a 15-year resource adequacy agreement with Public Service Enterprise Group’s (PSEG) subsidiary Pacific Gas & Electric (PSE&G), to provide 150 MW/600 MWh of energy storage in Phase 2 of the Crimson project.

• Wärtsilä to equip two grid-connected energy storage systems in Texas

  July 28, 2021
  Helsinki-based technology group Wärtsilä will supply two energy storage projects in Texas—Madero and Ignacio—with its energy storage technology.

• NYPA to test use of AI in upgrading transmission cable

  July 21, 2021
  The New York Power Authority (NYPA) is launching a demonstration project with a Sweden-based technology company—Eneryield of Gothenburg, to explore the use of artificial intelligence (AI) as part of a long-term upgrade strategy for the Y-49 Long Island Sound Cable.

• Siemens and Malta partner to develop scalable energy storage technology

  July 8, 2021
  Recently, the German equipment manufacturer—Siemens Energy, and Malta—a long duration energy storage system producer, have teamed up to build new thermal turbomachinery for energy storage.

• SOO Green selects Prysmian Group for supplying cable for HVDC project, US

  June 25, 2021
  Recently, SOO Green—a limited liability company owned by a consortium of investment funds (led by Denmark’s Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, Siemens Energy and New Jersey utility service provider—JIngoli Power), announced that it has selected the Italian cable manufacturer Prysmian Group to provide the cable system for the SOO Green high-voltage direct current (HVDC) Link.

• Wartsila selected by RWE for 80 MWh BESS project

  April 7, 2021
  Finnish energy solutions provider Wärtsilä has bagged a contract to supply a 40 MW/80 MWh DC-coupled solar plus storage system to the Hickory Park Solar project in Georgia, USA, from RWE Renewables.

• Fugro secures contract for cable route survey for offshore wind in Maine

  February 19, 2021
  The Netherlands-based offshore and onshore geotechnical and survey services company Fugro, has secured a contract from the New England Aqua Ventus, LLC (NEAV)—a joint venture between Diamond Offshore Wind (subsidiary of the Mitsubishi Corporation) and RWE Renewables—to conduct a cable route survey for the New England Aqua Ventus I floating wind project off the coast of Maine.

• EoS secures contract for California energy storage project [free access]

  January 7, 2021
  New Jersey-based EoS Energy Storage LLC—an energy equipment and solution provider—secured a USD20 million contract from EnerSmart, a developer, owner and operator of utility-scale energy storage projects to provide at least 90 MWh, and as much as 180 MWh, of energy storage over the next 24 months.

• Ventolines bags consultancy contract for Massachusetts offshore wind project

  December 17, 2020
  The Netherlands-headquartered Ventolines has got on board as the offshore wind expertise partner for the Mayflower Wind Project in Massachusetts, USA.

• Eos to provide battery solutions for energy storage projects in US

  November 10, 2020
  New Jersey-based Eos Energy Storage LLC—an energy equipment and solution provider—signed an agreement with Hecate Energy—a developer, owner and operator of renewable energy (RE) projects and storage solutions in North America, to supply battery solutions to over 1 GWh of energy storage projects, for an estimated value of about USD250 million.